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Mariposa

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031123
MRDS ID M009716
Record type Site
Current site name Mariposa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.98098, 37.55937 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position NW1/4 NR. JUNCTION OF LONG CYN AND SAXON CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.98098, 37.55937
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. W. And Velma Worley

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED BY H. ARTRU FOR A 15-YEAR PERIOD ENDING IN 1912. NO MATERIAL AMT. OF WORK DONE SINCE THAT TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914, A 75-FT. SHAFT, 450 FT. OF DRIFTS, 4 CROSSCUT TUNNELS EA. ABOUT 140 FT. LONG, SEVERAL RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 235-6

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 79

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PATENTED PROPERTY OF 6.45 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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